Ethereal - Ghosts figth

[wordsbringer]

Hello,
I’ve just bought two DLC’s for Outward and started a new game and I am having fun as before, when I was playing basic Outward game. However, there is a recurring problem for me which is fight with Ethereal opponents (ghosts). In my first gameplay I often walked away from fights with them as I never had enough potions granted me ethereal damage (or its effect expire before I was able to clear a dungeon / ghost pass). This time I’m determined not to back out and recently I’ve purchased boon called Mist (Berg) which grants me 20% ethereal damage (costs 8 mana to cast). I am using shield and one handed weapon called brutal club. I’ve tested it and yes, I was able to deal damage to the purple ghost and kill him but the fight was quite long – I had to hit him more than 15 times. Usually, with normal opponents, with brutal club, it takes far less hitting enemies for them to be defeated.
I would like to ask if there is some way to gain permanent effect on weapon to deal with ethereal enemies. And if not permanent, than cheaper than using spectral varnish which is both expensive (even to make in alchemy station – ingredients expensive) and it has its weight (0,5 kg) – especially that If I want to be always prepared for ghost fights, I would have to have like 10 pieces of this potion.
I would be grateful for any advices in that regard. Thanks!

[Katitoff]

Mist boon does not give you any damage, it boosts damage you already are doing.

Also you don't need specifically ethereal damage vs ghosts, any elemental damage will do, ethereal is just most effective.

If you are using magic, you can buy yourself a lexicon and get orange and purple rune and summon 100% ethereal damage 1h sword.

Also, YES, there is permanent way to get ethereal dmg on weapon.
In base game, you need to find a weapon that deals ethereal dmg.

If you have Soroborean DLC, there is enchancement that converts 30% of specific weapons damage to ethereal.

[Barara]

Ethereal Enemies have 80% resist of physical type weapon but -100% weakness of Ethereal it self.
1st option : You need Spiritual Varnish (potion), or can use other element to raise the damage the most simple is Fire Rag though it is still hard but it's help.
2nd option : You can use magic unless you are not Magic Builder, the simple one is use rune blade(1h sword) magic from rune magic in Berg trainer.
3rd option : Use Elemental Weapon, Ethereal Damage in it is better, the problem is its hard to find them from beginning and mostly of them are not in Chernosene the first region.

So if you can avoid ghost pass at first unless you prepared.

[Kenny.K.]

Or inflict pain to them?
Pain cause -25% Phys Resistance.
So, by calculation you'll deal double damage compared to the current you.
I'm currently playing as a 2H melee physical build, never had a problem fighting ghosts inflicted with pain. Unless it's a boss, use varnish. Other than bosses, rags should suffice.

Addition: Actually, i'm using it against every enemies that doesn't resist pain. And it works wonder.
And yeah, if you only have the base game craft a Coralhorn Bow to inflict it.